CVE-2005-4620

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in WinRAR 3.50 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command-line argument. NOTE: because this program executes with the privileges of the invoking user, and because remote programs do not normally have the ability to specify a command-line argument for this program, there may not be a typical attack vector for the issue that crosses privilege boundaries. Therefore this may not be a vulnerability.

Affected products

WinRAR: 2.90, 3.0.0, 3.10, 3.10_beta3, 3.10_beta5, 3.11 (+6)

References

http://www.rarlab.com/rarnew.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420679/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15123
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/0xletzdance.c
http://www.rarlab.com/rarnew.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420679/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15123
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/0xletzdance.c

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